Penquis Valley High School is a four-year coeducational high school located in Milo, Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. Founded in 1968 (combining Brownville and Milo High Schools), the school serves students from Milo, Atkinson

Atkinson, Maine

Atkinson is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Judge Atkinson, a landholder. The population was 323 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, Brownville

Brownville, Maine

Brownville is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,259 at the 2000 census. Brownville includes the villages of Knight's Landing and Brownville Junction, near which passes the 100-Mile Wilderness of the Appalachian Trail....

, LaGrange

Lagrange, Maine

LaGrange is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 747 at the 2000 census.-Notable people:* Abiather Knowles , awarded the Medal of Honor as at the First Battle of Bull Run.-Geography:...

, and Medford

Medford, Maine

Medford is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 231 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

. Matt Hackett is the Principal, and Clay Savage is the Assistant Principal. The school is accredited by NEASC.

Athletics

The school's mascot is a patriot

Patriot (American Revolution)

Patriots is a name often used to describe the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution. It was their leading figures who, in July 1776, declared the United States of America an independent nation...

 and has uniforms with a blue, red, and white color schemes. Penquis has varsity sports teams in soccer, golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

/softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, track

Track and field

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, and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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Teachers

Nelson Madore

Nelson Madore

Nelson Madore is a Maine politician and academic. Madore was the Mayor of Waterville, Maine from 1999–2004 and professor of history, geography and government at Thomas College in Waterville...

, future Mayor of Waterville, Maine

Waterville, Maine

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The population was 15,722 at the 2010 census. Home to Colby College and Thomas College, Waterville is the regional commercial, medical and cultural center....

 and Professor at Thomas College

Thomas College

Thomas College is a small, liberal arts college located in Waterville, Maine, U.S. It was founded in 1894 as a non-sectarian, co-educational college dedicated to career training. Thomas specializes in business, education, and technology...

, taught at PVHS from 1967-1969.